Why post stories in GD with "BREAKING" in their title subsequently to the same story posted in LBN?

[mobeau69]

What's that about? Why split up the conversations on the same story?

[left-of-center2012]

1. Click bait ?

To increase the poster's post numbers ?

[Orrex]

4. Yes, there's a lot of that.

The same is true of eye-catching subject lines for posts that are nothing but "link to tweet," so the poster is using someone else's thoughts to boost their own numbers.

Similarly, I've seen people post whiz-bang subject lines and a very brief excerpt in the message body, along with a link the their own blog.

[mobeau69]

8. "...to boost their own numbers."

What does that get them?

[Orrex]

13. Beats me. I couldn't care less about my post count

Skinner can knock 40 or 50 thousand off of my total, and it won't make an iota of difference to me.

Some, however, see a high post-count as a sign of credibility, while a low post count can generate suspicion (or at least hesitation before fully crediting the poster's opinion). Some of that is due to fear of bots, I suppose, but we've also had a lot of trolls over the years, and many of these reveal themselves before they get a great many posts.

I would turn the question around: what is the point of double-posting, or of posting messages that are nothing but a link to someone else's tweet, with the poster providing no additional detail or commentary?

[left-of-center2012]

10. I hate posts like that

YOU MUST READ THIS

link-link-link-link-link

I once asked a poster why he didn't include any content indicating what the link led to,
and he accused me of being too lazy to click on the link for the content.

[Orrex]

14. I think I've seen that same poster

"You don't have to click on it, if you're not interested."

Well, I can't very well see that it's a fucking "link to tweet" until I open that worthless post, now can I?

[FSogol]

2. Breaking Response.....

no idea

[NightWatcher]

3. Because some people don't read LBN?

How long must we wait to post a breaking story in General Discussion?

[Revanchist]

5. This

I probably spend 90% of my time here and not LBB

[Hayduke Bomgarte]

6. Just a wild guess, but

I've been on boards, mostly sports boards, where to some people post counts seem to translate to perceived wisdom. Posting the same story twice ups your count by 2 when it should have been one.

JMO

[DemocratSinceBirth]

7. Why would someone post the same news story in two different forums ?

On rare occasions I will post an essay in two different forums but not a news story, at least not that I can remember.

[uppityperson]

15. People read different forums

[Blue_Adept]

9. A lot of people ignore LBN

Partially because it's got more defined rules.

I'll post something there and it gets no attention. I post it here and it gets 50 replies in 20 minutes.

Different audiences.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

12. This is where the real action is.

[left-of-center2012]

11. THIS JUST IN .....

"In"